The Burned-Over District is a term used by some to describe the region of Western New York in the historical period of 1800-1850. It is also sometimes called the Second Great Awakening with a combination of religious, social and political elements.

Monday, November 30, 2015

This Protester's Sign Right About the Solution, Not the Problem

Above, one of the "Rochesterians [who] gathered to demand global action from their elected officials during the Rochester March for Global Climate Change"— The City Seen: November 29.

As a climate change agnostic, what I like about this protester's solution is that it does not "demand global action from their elected officials" but rather action at the most local level possible: the individual. And the real issue here, which cannot be argued with, is that more people can be fed by growing plants for food for people than by growing plants for food for animals for food for people. In fact, some climate change welcomers argue that global warming of a few degrees, which could well be heliogenic rather than anthropogenic, which would allow us to feed more people.